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US hands over control of base to Iraqi troops, ceremony

(22 Feb 2005) 1. US troops gathering in front of the Baghdad Corps headquarters 2. Sign reading: "Baghdad Corps headquarters" with Iraqi flag flying over building 3. Iraqi National Guards in courtyard of the headquarters AUDIO: welcome broadcast over the loudspeaker system 4. Soldier welcoming crowd in English and Arabic over loudspeaker system 5. Group of Iraqi National Guards carrying Iraqi flag and raising the 40th brigade flag 6. US commander Peter Chiarelli embracing and shaking hands with an Iraqi National Guard officer 7. Iraqi National Guards marching with the Iraqi and 40th brigade flags 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mudhuir Al Maola, Major General of Iraqi National Guards command "Our troops (are) able to control our sector. I believe and I promise our people we will do all the best to control this sector. And when we will succeed in this case, we will talk with the headquarters of the United States to add this sector and we hope we will control all (of) Baghdad." 9. Lieutenant General Daham Al Assal, Ministry of Defence representative, cutting the ribbon with Mudhir Al Maola 10. Crowd applauding as the ribbon is cut 11. Close-up of the emblem of the 40th brigade 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Chiarelli, US General "Well, in this area they (Iraqi military) were talking about the 40th brigade controls, the 40th brigade will be in charge of that area. They (Iraqi military) will be conducting the patrols. US coalition soldiers will only come in the event if they need our help, but this sector belongs to Iraqi soldiers." 13. US soldiers and Iraqi National Guards in front of the headquarters building STORYLINE: US forces, led by General Peter Chiarelli, handed over authority of an area of Baghdad to Iraqi military control on Monday. The handover ceremony took place at the headquarters of the 40th brigade, the Iraqi unit now in charge of the area. General Chiarelli said the area now "belongs to Iraqi soldiers" and US forces will only come into the area if the 40th brigade specifically asks them to. Mudhuir Al Maola, Major General of the Iraqi National Guard command, promised local people that the 40th brigade would do its best to control the sector. He said that if they were successful, they hoped to control all of Baghdad. As the representative of the Ministry of Defence, Lieutenant General Daham Al Assal, was present at the handover ceremony. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...